VHE Galactic Source Highlights from VERITAS -- Rene Ong (LLR/UCLA)

mardi 14 juin 2011, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Paris

1222-RC-08 (Universe)

VERITAS (Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System) is an array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes sensitive to very high energy (VHE) gamma rays above 100 GeV. Located in southern Arizona, USA, the full VERITAS array of four 12m-diameter telescopes is completing its fourth year of observations and is operating with excellent source sensitivity. VERITAS has detected numerous Galactic sources of VHE gamma rays, including pulsar wind nebulae (PWN), supernova remnants (SNRs), binary systems, and unidentified objects. Recent highlights of the VERITAS Galactic sources program will be covered - in particular, the discoveries of VHE gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, from the SNR CTA1, and from multiple sources in the Cygnus OB1 region, along with a new detection of the Galactic Center.

Slides VERITAS-Galactic-Ong-June2011.pdf